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Banjara reversion

My edit to Banjara, which you have reverted, was a reversion of your edit which added material without citing a source. Your current version of the article cannot stand without citing a source for your addition of several states to the list. You also removed a template without cause or explanation. Please replace the template and remove your addition (or provide a citation).--Quisqualis (talk) 11:15, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

I have not added any states; when I reverted your edit I removed the states of Jammu and Kashmir etc which had been added. You can of course add the cn tags wherever you think they are required. -Mohanbhan (talk) 11:23, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

You are, of course, correct about that edit, Mohanbhan. However, you are now adding stuff using the Joshua Project as a source. That is not reliable, per past discussions at WP:RSN. - Sitush (talk) 12:06, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Okay Sitush, I will revert it. I didn't know that it wasn't reliable. -Mohanbhan (talk) 12:08, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

No problem. It is something to do with it being a Christian advocacy group with no expertise in demographics and no obvious basis for their figures. You should be able to find discussions at RSN using the search archives box on that page, if you wish to do so. - Sitush (talk) 12:29, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Banjara

Re: this. You've been around for a while so I am at a loss regarding why you are using The Wire (which is unreliable and was only removed from the article yesterday) and why you are not complying with WP:See also regarding the Romani link. Your citation style is also weird, and I had to fix some of those yesterday also. Any chance of you taking a little more care? - Sitush (talk) 09:06, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

That Banjaras are oxen (cattle) traders is already established by other sources mentioned on this page; I am using The Wire article only to add that the traditional occupation of Banjaras in Rajasthan is oxen trading. I don't see anything wrong with that. Also, for the Romani connection I have used two different reliable sources: The A to Z of the Gypsies (Romanies) and Romany–English Glossary. So I am not sure why you are saying that I am not complying with WP:See also. But thanks for fixing the citations, I will be more careful in the future. -Mohanbhan (talk) 11:55, 24 December 2017 (UTC)